Peppermint cream cupcakes: Creative, rich and creamy treats
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Everybody loves cake and when you can eat it with your hands, even better. Chocolate is one of the most popular cupcake flavours and with peppermint, everything is made better. The fresh taste of mint with the rich chocolate is a dance of flavour that everyone can enjoy. Not only do they look great, but the decoration options are endless. This is even more fun when you have a big game like when the Springkboks have a rugby game.
Peppermint cream cupcakes tips
The simple cake rough mixture is all chocolate goodness but you can also add a drop of mint essence in there if you want to add to the fun. The icing is creamy and light with a great colour when you have the colouring down. You can get creative with how you pipe and decorate the cupcakes like adding chocoalte or colourful sprinkles. You can also make fun faces for your Halloween or Christmas festivities.
Whether you have a Springbok game to watch, a Halloween or Christmas event, cupcakes should be on the menu. Try our peppermint cream cupcakes.

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Peppermint cream cupcakes recipe
0 from 0 votes Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy Servings
12
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
15
minutesTotal time
35
minutes
Ingredients
- For the icing
- For the decoration
100 g self-raising flour
pinch salt
1 dsrtsp cocoa
120 g butter or margarine
120 g castor sugar
eggs, lightly beaten
225 g icing sugar
2 tbsp water
2-3 drops green food colouring
3 drops peppermint essence
chocolate peppermints
Method
- Sieve flour and salt together.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time. Fold in the dry ingredients with a metal spoon.
- Place in a well-greased muffin tin with a bout 12 sections and bake in the centre of a 180°C oven for 10-15 minutes. Remove from tins and cool upright on a wire tray.
- For the icing
- Sieve the sugar twice. Add the water very gradually and beat well after each addition. The icing should be stiff enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
- So as not to alter the consistency, the peppermint essence and green colouring should be added after 1 tablespoonful of water.
- Put a spoonful of icing on to each cake and spread over the top. Halve a chocolate peppermint cream and place one half upright in the centre.
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